About the Authors

Minshad Ali Ansari

m.a.ansari@swansea.ac.uk

Affiliation Pure and Applied Ecology, Swansea University, Swansea, United Kingdom

Edward C. Pope

Affiliation Pure and Applied Ecology, Swansea University, Swansea, United Kingdom

Simon Carpenter

Affiliation Vector-Borne Disease Programme, Institute for Animal Health, Pirbright, United Kingdom

Ernst-Jan Scholte

Affiliation National Centre for Monitoring of Vectors, Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Tariq M. Butt

Affiliation Pure and Applied Ecology, Swansea University, Swansea, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MAA TMB. Performed the experiments: MAA. Analyzed the data: MAA ECP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TMB SC E-JS. Wrote the paper: MAA TMB ECP.